5th Recall & Destruction Notice Issued for Pan

The Minister for Food Safety Minister Annette
King is ordering a fifth recall in New Zealand of products
manufactured by Australian company Pan Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
There has also been a partial revocation of earlier recalls
based on better information received from companies
involved. Directions for the destruction of recalled
product will also be published tomorrow.

The New Zealand
Food Safety Authority has prepared these notices for
publication and continues to advise people to stop taking
the products being recalled and to either dispose of them or
return them to the place of purchase.

This latest recall
contains a number of products manufactured by Pan
Pharmaceuticals and stems from the receipt of further
information from the Therapeutic Goods Administration in
Australia.

The directions for destruction are based on
serious problems with Pan manufactured products that have
led to concerns about their safety. Expert advice has
concurred with the safety concerns and with the
impossibility of separately identifying those products that
might be safe, from those that are unsafe. Destruction is
considered the only appropriate course in order to ensure
the continued maintenance of consumer safety.

Policy and
Regulatory Standards Director Carole Inkster said it was
hoped this would now bring the matter to finality.

“The
Pan Pharmaceuticals recall has been the largest in
Australasian history and has been extremely difficult for
all involved. We are grateful for the co-operation we have
had from people and hopeful that this is now the final
action necessary,” Ms Inkster said.

The notice listing
this batch of recalled products, the revoked products and
the directions for destruction will be published in some
daily newspapers tomorrow. It is also available on our
website www.nzfsa.govt.nz or by calling the helpline on 0800
693 721. Hours for the helpline are 8.00 am till 5.00 pm,
Monday to Friday.

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